Former Blue Jays reflect on 9/11: ‘It hit us all very hard’

TORONTO — After an off-day in September 2001, former Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez was driving from New Jersey to Baltimore for a series against the Orioles when news of the U.S. terror attacks came across his car radio. When he arrived in the Maryland city, uncertainty hung in the air – particularly with the team hotel so close to the Baltimore World Trade Center. “My coaching staff all gathered in my suite glued to the TV,” Martinez recalled Friday in a text message. “Everything we saw was unbelievable. It hit us all very hard.” The Toronto-Baltimore game and other…